Madrid tasting menus and special-occasion dinners
What to order, where to go and the little things worth knowing.
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Lhardy
Madrid's grande dame since 1839: a shop counter downstairs, velvet dining rooms and cocido upstairs.
OrderConsomé poured from the silver samovar at the counter; upstairs, cocido in three vuelcos and the callos.
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Sobrino de Botín
A restaurant dating to 1725, recognised by Guinness, with cochinillo and cordero from its historic wood oven.
OrderCochinillo asado or cordero asado, with sopa de ajo con huevo y jamón to start.
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Corral de la Morería
The world's most famous flamenco tablao (1956), with a Michelin-starred tasting menu if you go all in.
OrderThe Compás tasting menu in the gastronomic restaurant, or a show ticket with a drink.
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Coque
The Sandoval brothers' two-Michelin-star show, walking you from cellar to bar to kitchen to table.
OrderThe Menú Madrid tasting menu, including the family's cochinillo; add the wine pairing if it suits your budget.
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Lakasa
César Martín's bistro with ambition in Ríos Rosas: market cooking, half portions, a cracking wine list.
OrderBuñuelitos de Idiazabal, the seasonal game and a tabla de quesos franceses; many dishes come in half portions.
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Saddle
Polished Michelin-starred room in the old Jockey space: French-leaning classics and proper service.
OrderThe Menú Estaciones tasting menu; ask the sommelier to match wines to the courses.
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StreetXO
Dabiz Muñoz's loud, theatrical street-food bar, with Asian flavours and a front-row view of the kitchen.
OrderSándwich club al vapor, dumpling pekinés with crispy pig's ear, and nigiri croqueta de la Pedroche.
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DiverXO
Dabiz Muñoz's three-Michelin-star circus in the NH Eurobuilding: wild, maximalist, unforgettable.
OrderLa Cocina de los Cerdos Voladores tasting menu; wine pairing is optional and charged separately.
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Sacha
Sacha Hormaechea's bohemian bistro, the chefs' favourite restaurant in Madrid. No fuss, all soul.
OrderTortilla vaga, falsa lasaña de erizos and steak tartar; ask about the day's seasonal dishes.
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Èter
Five tables in Legazpi for the Tofe brothers’ seasonal tasting menus, with a Michelin star awarded in 2025.
OrderMenú Carpo: salmorejo de tomates ahumados and falso risotto de pipas de girasol, until 14 October.
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Casa Benigna
A tiny Prosperidad street leads to rice cooked in broad patellas; come hungry for the crisp bottom.
OrderSalmón ahumado en caliente and arroz con costilla de cerdo ibérico.
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El Qüenco de Pepa
Pepa Muñoz makes a plate of tomatoes feel like the main event, with serious fish and rice alongside.
OrderTomate en rodajas con flor de sal y aceite picual and arroz cremoso con gurumelos y foie.
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Zalacaín
Madrid's grand dining tradition still makes a persuasive case with the Don Pío búcaro and beef Wellington.
OrderBúcaro Don Pío and solomillo Wellington.
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Quimbaya
Edwin Rodríguez's Colombian tasting menus, with arepas and empanadas given Michelin-starred attention.
OrderOn Clásicos Q: arepa de huevo con vieira, empanada bogotana and sobrebarriga con papa nativa y hogao.
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El Invernadero
Rodrigo de la Calle makes vegetables the main event; even the onion soup earns its place in a tasting menu.
OrderSopa de cebolla and helado de zanahoria con gazpachuelo de plancton, when included in the seasonal tasting menu.
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La Tasquería
Javi Estévez gives offal the tasting-menu treatment, with a fried pig's head for those ready to commit.
OrderCabeza de cochinillo confitada y frita, taco de carrillera con carabinero and guiso de callos, pata y morro.
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Nakeima Dumpling Bar
An intimate Asian tasting counter where nigiri gets a Madrid accent and the menu keeps changing.
OrderThe menú degustación; look for nigiri de gamba al ajillo and carbonara de enoki on the changing menu.
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Tripea
Eight punchy Peruvian-Asian courses at a stall in Mercado de Vallehermoso, with wok-fired mussels as the anchor.
OrderThe menú degustación: ceviche caliente de mejillones al wok, siumai de panceta y papada and bao de lomo saltado.
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Kuoco
Rafa Bergamo's Barquillo kitchen makes Latin American and Asian flavours meet in remarkably precise little bites.
OrderCroqueta tom yam, gamba ajillo-thai and steak tartar koreano.
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DSTAgE
Diego Guerrero cooks inventive tasting menus in an industrial loft with two Michelin stars and an open kitchen.
OrderThe menú degustación; recent creations include galleta de caviar and Plant Print. The dishes change.
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TriCiclo
Javier Goya’s bistro makes room for curiosity: many dishes come in halves or thirds, alongside a tasting menu.
OrderGamba, shiso y mango; tosta de atún rojo, aguacate y maíz; canelón de rabo, salsa de setas y pecorino.
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La Trainera
A Madrid seafood institution where salpicón and grilled sole do the talking.
OrderSalpicón de marisco and lenguado a la plancha; rodaballo a la Trainera if you are sharing.
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La Bien Aparecida
Cantabrian cooking dressed for Jorge Juan, with rabas that make a very persuasive opening argument.
OrderRabas fritas de calamar, croquetas de lacón y huevo cocido, and la purrusalda.
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99 Sushi Bar
Polished Japanese cooking on Hermosilla, where the tiger-prawn tempura earns its place before the sushi.
OrderTempura de langostino tigre, gyozas de jabalí and gunkan 99 Sushi Bar.
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El Paraguas
Asturian comfort food promoted to occasion dining, with verdinas and foie-filled morels doing the convincing.
OrderVerdinas con perdiz and colmenillas rellenas de foie.
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Posada de la Villa
A former inn dating to 1642, now a Cava Baja asador for wood-roasted lamb and slow-cooked cocido.
OrderCordero lechal asado en horno de leña, or cocido de puchero if you've ordered it ahead.
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Casa Julián de Tolosa
Mikel Gorrotxategi's Basque asador on Cava Baja, where chuletón and roasted piquillos are the reason to come.
OrderChuletón de vacuno mayor, pimientos del piquillo asados and alubias de Tolosa con berza y morcilla.
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Ebisu by Kobos
Kobos Cortés serves Edo-style sushi at a nine-seat counter, with a single €200 omakase and no à la carte.
OrderMenú omakase, with nigiri de anguila and moshimono de merluza among the seasonal passes.
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Yugo The Bunker
Julián Mármol's Japanese, starred by Michelin since 2019: an izakaya upstairs and a wartime-bunker room below.
OrderClásicos del Bunker: nigiri de toro con crujiente de plancton and gyoza de rabo de vaca.
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Le Bistroman Atelier
A small French dining room where sauces, butter and a serious wine list justify dressing up.
OrderCaracoles con mantequilla de hierbas, ravioli de txangurro en bouillabesa and magret de pato.
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Horcher
Madrid's grand old dining room for pressed partridge, proper ceremony and a bill to remember.
OrderConsomé Don Víctor, perdiz a la prensa and Baumkuchen.
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Naveira do Mar
A small Galician dining room where the navajas and centolla do the showing off.
OrderNavajas a la plancha, centolla and merluza a la gallega.
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Asador Donostiarra
The big Basque celebration lunch: txuletón, proper fish cookery and walls full of famous diners.
OrderTxuletón de vaca vieja, kokotxas de merluza al pil-pil and tortilla de bacalao.
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La Guisandera de Piñera
A smart Asturian dining room where small cazuelas let you try both fabada and verdinas without surrendering dessert.
OrderFabada La Guisandera, verdinas estofadas con marisco and arroz con leche con polvo de caramelo.
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La Parrilla de Usera
Usera's charcoal grill for a 40-day chuletón, croquetas and a lunch that needs a clear afternoon.
OrderCroquetas caseras de jamón, chuletón de vaca vieja (40 días) and huevos estrellados de corral.
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El Carbón de Granada
A charcoal grill in Almendrales where tomate rosa, Angus and tarta de queso al carbón make a full meal.
OrderChuletón de Angus, tomate rosa and tarta de queso al carbón.